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Arrows for grey squirrels

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PrimitiveTim:
I've been interested in getting some squirrels too.  I grazed one during small game season.  What kind of distance are you getting shots from?  I haven't noticed them dodging my arrows, but I always blame myself for not being able to get close enough.   Are you still hunting them or just stalking around through the woods?

DC:
Maybe try sitting on the park bench beside the little old lady with the bag of peanuts >:D >:D >:D

JoJoDapyro:
I have never shot any with a bow, but plenty with a air rifle. Maybe it is like shooting into water, you have to lead them just right. I need to get some more arrows made and get out and do some stump shooting.

H Rhodes:

--- Quote from: mullet on January 08, 2015, 05:08:49 pm ---From what I've seen it look's like the noise from the fletching makes them react first. Maybe inbred or learned from hawks and owls diving on them?

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I think that it is something like that Eddie.  I believe it is something deep in our game animals DNA to react to the sounds of a bow and arrow and anything swooshing through the air has to make them think "HAWK!".   I am going to get myself a real squirrel hunting set up and go after them seriously after deer season ends.  I have a real quiet shooting 45lb osage bow that I can hit with pretty well.  I shot some 350 grain cane arrows through it today and got pretty decent flight, and I am going to keep tinkering around with tiny fletchings and see if I can't find something that will work on them. 

H Rhodes:

--- Quote from: PrimitiveTim on January 08, 2015, 05:42:35 pm ---I've been interested in getting some squirrels too.  I grazed one during small game season.  What kind of distance are you getting shots from?  I haven't noticed them dodging my arrows, but I always blame myself for not being able to get close enough.   Are you still hunting them or just stalking around through the woods?

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Tim, they are a worthy adversary.  I try to limit my bow shots on squirrels to really close distances.  I won't even try a shot on one further than ten or twelve yards.  I watched some more youtube videos and it seems that they don't always react like they are on fire like they do around here.  Most of the kill shots I saw were made when the squirrel was sitting upright eating an acorn.   I honestly haven't gone a serious squirrel hunt with a bow yet, but I have shot at several while I have been on a deer stand - with my latest misses being at ranges of five to eight steps.... They can outmove a fox squirrel for sure.  I have taken lots of fox squirrels with a bow, but those little greys are something else.   I have always loved hunting them with a .22 rifle.  I mix it up - sitting on dry still days and walking when the leaves are wet. 

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